{"id":36220,"date":"2022-11-16T12:03:56","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T17:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=36220"},"modified":"2022-11-16T12:03:56","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T17:03:56","slug":"1137863_porsche-completes-driver-lineup-for-2023-963-lmdh-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=36220","title":{"rendered":"Porsche completes driver lineup for 963 LMDh campaign in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Porsche on Monday named Nick Tandy and Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Makowiecki as drivers for its 2023 Porsche 963 LMDh campaign, completing the 10-driver lineup for the automaker’s return to top-level endurance racing.<\/p>\n

The campaign will see Porsche enter its new 963 race car<\/a> into both the FIA World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship, in the premier Hypercar and GTP classes, respectively.<\/p>\n

Tandy previously drove for Porsche in LMP1 and GT competition, and returns to the squad after a two-year break. The highlight of his career is a win in the 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans behind the wheel of Porsche’s 919 Hybrid LMP1. He’s also won 24-hour races at Daytona, Spa-Francorchamps, and the N\u00fcrburgring.<\/p>\n

Makowiecki already drives for Porsche in GT competition and has helped develop the 963 from its earliest days on the track.<\/p>\n

\"2023<\/p>\n

2023 Porsche 963 LMDh race car tests at Daytona International Speedway<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Previously confirmed drivers include U.S. driver Dane Cameron and former Formula 1 driver Felipe Nasr, as well as Matt Campbell, Michael Christensen, K\u00e9vin Estre, Mathieu Jaminet, Andr\u00e9 Lotterer, and Laurens Vanthoor.<\/p>\n

Unveiled in June at the 2022 Goodwood Festival of Speed, the 963 is the first of a new generation of top-level endurance racers built to LMDh regulations. The cars will compete alongside similar cars built to existing LMH regulations, with Balance of Performance rules to ensure an even playing field.<\/p>\n

In line with LMDh regulations, the hybrid powertrain in Porsche’s 963 can generate at any time a maximum output of around 670 hp. The internal combustion component is a twin-turbo 4.6-liter V-8 related to the engine that powered the 918 Spyder hypercar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Porsche is running its LMDh campaign with Team Penske<\/a>, under the banner Porsche Penske Motorsport. The squad is based out of Penske’s headquarters in Mooresville, North Carolina, the same site where Penske oversees its IndyCar and NASCAR campaigns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Porsche on Monday named Nick Tandy and Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Makowiecki as drivers for its 2023 Porsche 963 LMDh campaign, completing the 10-driver lineup for the automaker’s return to top-level endurance racing. The campaign will see Porsche enter its new 963 race car into both the FIA World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship, in the premier […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36221,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}